"serious" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

serious adjetivo

serious + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 566
serious problem • serious injury • serious threat • serious damage • serious condition • serious crime • serious illness • serious issue • ...
verbo + serious
Kolokacji: 11
grow serious • turn serious • look serious • become serious • sound serious • consider serious • ...
adverbio + serious
Kolokacji: 36
most serious • potentially serious • extremely serious • pretty serious • far more serious • ...
(1) most, truly
Kolokacji: 2
1. pretty serious = całkiem poważny pretty serious
2. fairly serious = dość poważny fairly serious
3. somewhat serious = nieco poważny somewhat serious
  • At its best this is good honest hokum, but it contains a somewhat serious parable.
  • The expression was somewhat serious, but the eyes sparkled.
  • I wasn't sure whether I was merely angry or somewhat serious.
  • In addition, about 20% were reported to be in "serious or somewhat serious neglect of maintenance."
  • He is somewhat serious about news reporting but has no illusions about the business he's in.
  • They become somewhat serious and contemplate moving in together after Year 12.
  • "Murder," said the big shot, becoming somewhat serious.
  • Sixty-two percent of those surveyed called the issues very serious, and another 29 percent said they were somewhat serious.
  • Once, a good many years before, I had rescued Sammy from a somewhat serious scrape by declining to give evidence against him.
  • Karla said the relationship had to be somewhat serious because "you know how hard it is to lure anybody down here from San Francisco."
4. overly serious = zbyt poważny overly serious
(7) deeply, profoundly
Kolokacji: 2
serious + preposición
Kolokacji: 8
serious about • serious for • serious in • serious of • serious to • ...

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